Fig. 2: Crack opening angle and estimated stress during 2019. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Crack opening angle and estimated stress during 2019.

From: Ocean tides trigger ice shelf rift growth and calving

Fig. 2

a during propagation and b during stagnation with a least-squares fit to the observations; c and d the six strongest of the thirteen terms that sum to produce the fitted opening rate (\({{{\rm{\psi }}}}_{{{\rm{Ew}}}}\) and \({{{\rm{\psi }}}}_{{{\rm{V}}}{{{\rm{t}}}}^{2}{{\rm{w}}}}\) are small and hidden behind other terms); e, f a separation of the three forcing terms, converted to stresses at the tip.

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